“David Ross, we’re hopeful he will be in Portland (Thursday) to get some at-bats," Farrell said. "We’ll just have to go through the normal protocol with MLB when it comes to concussions. So there’s some lengthy paperwork as you might expect to get that taken care of. But we’re hopeful that he’ll be back for us during the Cleveland series (May 23-26)."

That's what he said in between segments on Wednesday's Fantasy Baseball Today -- referring, of course, to Kenley Jansen -- and I can't disagree.

If Mattingly is declaring an open competition for the role, which is how I read it, then Jansen shouldn't have much trouble delivering the decisive blow to Brandon League. His meltdowns over the weekend have created some suspense, but in the end, he'll prove to be the more effective reliever.

And if his performance as a closer last year counts for anything, he might end up being a top-five reliever the rest of the way.

Two numbers in Leake's stat line look a little out of place, though. Specifically, he has stranded 79 percent of his baserunners, while his previous career high was 76 percent, and he has allowed only five home runs over 55 1/3 innings. For someone with a career 1.2 HR/9 ratio, that smells of good fortune.

Look no further than Leake's game log to see why he's having more success than usual. His career HR/9 jumps to 1.4 for home starts, and he didn't fare especially well at Great American Ball Park in outings against the Braves and Nationals. Leake did do well against the Cubs and power-poor Phillies, and he's had largely favorable matchups and venues on the road.

The sledding gets tougher for Leake in the next few weeks, so not only is he a sell-high candidate in deeper mixed leagues, but the door could re-open for Cingrani in the near future.

Worley struggled from the get-go Wednesday. He allowed the first three runners to reach base and surprisingly escaped the first inning having allowed just one run. He tossed a scoreless second inning before the Braves added two more runs in the third inning, including one on Ramiro Pena's home run. But Worley fell apart in the fourth inning. Justin Upton led off with a home run and six batters later Evan Gattis parked his first career grand slam.

Worley allowed eight runs on 10 hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out three, as his ERA jumped from 6.20 to 7.21. The Twins have yet to name Worley's replacement. His next turn through the rotation would have been Monday at Milwaukee.

It's not like Fernandez was pitching poorly. He had allowed just one run in five innings. But as colleague Al Melchior pointed out on Wednesday's Fantasy Baseball Today podcast, there were some extenuating circumstances. The Marlins sent in a pinch hitter for Fernandez with the tying run at third base in the bottom of the fifth inning. Most likely, if the bases were empty, they would have allowed Fernandez to pitch an extra inning.

Either way, I'm more encouraged by Fernandez's workload last time out than discouraged by his workload in this one. At least now we know the Marlins are willing to him push 100 pitches. If 85 pitches was a hard cutoff, he'd have a hard time making a signifiant Fantasy contribution.

Jones added he's fine to play center field, but he appreciates manager Buck Showalter being careful with him. Jones is batting .289 (22 for 76) with two home runs, four doubles and 10 RBI in 18 May games.

Owners won't likely expect Revere to maintain an average much over .300 going forward, and his recent exploits have been fueled by an unsustainably high BABIP. However, he has struck out only four times in 41 at-bats this month, which is more typical for Revere than the 16 percent strikeout-per-at bat rate he put up last month.

Revere is still batting just .260 for the season, as his numbers are weighed down by his poor April. Forget the year-to-date stats and look for Revere to help with batting average, steals and runs in most mixed Rotisserie leagues over the remainder of the season.